Monthly Archives: February 2012

Our new St. Patrick’s Day Printable Party Package will help you throw a fabulous stylized party with ease! We just love this collection with the rainbows and shamrocks – brings in more color than the typical green and white you usually find with St. Patrick’s Day. Filled with cupcake toppers (that can also be used for decorating, favor tags, etc), drink labels for water bottles or those cute little milk bottles we’re seeing everywhere, mini candy bar wrappers and MORE!! We will email you the PDF files, and all you have to do is print, cut and create – instant party!

So many fun new products coming in to the shoppe!! These fabulous personalized lunchboxes are so absolutely adorable! They are stylish, easy to clean, and help to prevent waste, not create it. They come in 5 great colors kids will love! Parents will love that they are BPA Free, Phthalate Free and Lead Free. They are DISHWASHER safe too – yeah baby! And, even cooler, they have removable faceplates that are water proof, tear proof and are easy to wipe clean. Plus, you can get new faceplates at any time! The kids will love collecting them. It’s like getting a brand new lunchbox for way cheaper – score!

We’ve got a “Deluxe” option that includes an icepack and 3 containers. And you can also add a drink holder. These are super cool because they attach to the outside of the lunchbox, making it easy to carry. Plus, it comes in all 5 matching colors!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!! I decided to do something fun for my little guys this morning using some fun printables!

I used the FREE printables from I Heart Faces (made by Amy at Living Locurto) and then made my own extras like the straw flags, napkin rings and milk glass labels.

This is just a sweet Valentine’s Day project I did for fun for my own kiddos and isn’t for sale. We are working on lots of fun printables that WILL be for sale – and for FREE – in the very near future though!

Hope you all have an awesome Valentine’s Day filled with love and laughter!

If you have a little boy, there’s a very good chance you know all about Lego Star Wars! You probably have the video games and Lego sets that cost more than your car, and you probably spend all day stepping on and picking up (and trying very hard not to vacuum up) tiny little Lego people modeled after the beloved Star Wars characters. You’ve got Lego Star Wars pajamas, t-shirts, swim trunks, watches, and you say "quit hitting your sister with that lightsaber" at least three times a day. And you were just told he wants a Lego Star Wars party – not just a Star Wars party, a LEGO Star Wars party. So like the good mom (or dad) that you are, you begin scouring the internet looking for Lego Star Wars party supplies and realize with dismay, there ain’t much out there! But have no fear – we’ve got you covered and we’ll help make you look like the rockstar that you are!! We have an awesome selection of Lego Star Wars party stuff and ideas that we’re just dying to share with you! Everything from invitations to thank you cards to of course party printables! Planning this party will be a BREEZE!

Here’s the HOW-TO for all the cool stuff in the photo above:

DIY PLATES: Yep, that’s right, make your own personalized Lego Star Wars party plates! It’s easy – just get the template from here, print it out, cut, glue to a disposable plastic plate, then put a clear plastic plate on top. I used clear craft glue around the edges to make the top plate more secure, but honestly, I didn’t really need it. So you can save yourself some time and money and nix that step!

DIY LIGHTSABERS: If you’re having a Lego Star Wars Party, you MUST make these!! They’ll be the hit of the party, and two years later, your son’s friends will still be talking about them – trust me, I know this for a fact! All you need to make these are some foam pool noodles, black duct tape and silver duct tape. Cut the noodles to your desired size (I cut mine in half, so I got two lightsabers out of one noodle) and get to wrappin’ the ends with duct tape to make the handles. And that’s it! You’re done! Congratulations, you’re now the coolest mom in town!

PERSONALIZED INVITATIONS: We’ve totally got you covered here! We have 8 invitations to choose from in this theme, including some photo invites as well! You can have us print them for you, or you can get the digital file and print them out yourself, either way, it’s awesome.

GOODY BAGS: Gotta have those goody bags! You can get all fancy, or you can play it simple and just grab some cellophane bags, fill them with candy or whatever, and dress them up with cute personalized stickers.

CENTERPIECE: Top your tables easily with our printable centerpieces! All you do is print out the template, cute and assemble with double sided tape. Seriously, it takes like 5 minutes! To dress them up even more, run down to the Dollar Store and buy those shiny foil centerpiece things with the stars and stick in the center of your assembled centerpiece.

CUPCAKE WRAPS: I had so much fun making the cupcakes in this photo! You can make them too! Just get our printable Lego Star Wars cupcake wraps, print them out, wrap around your cupcakes (AFTER you’ve baked them) and secure with double-sided tape. I used two different toppers for these cupcakes – plastic Star Wars cupcake rings I found on ebay for dirt cheap and Lego candy (similar to sweet tarts) that I found at some candy store online (google it, can’t be hard to find). I also made the cupcake stand myself, more on that later!

Of course you could also always go with the printable cupcake toppers – those are even cuter! All you have to do is print them out, cut (I suggest using a round craft punch – much easier, and we’re all about EASY around here! Then you take your little circles and glue them on to some sort of stick. You can use party picks, toothpicks, or lollipop sticks that you find in the cake baking aisle of places like Hobby Lobby and Michaels.

What’s a party without a pinata?? Make this super cool Death Star Pinata, and you will be a hero! It’s really easy – and cheap – to make! All you need to do is find a round pinata (basketball, baseball, creepy eyeball – yes they have those, I’ve seen them) and repurpose it. I took all the paper stuff off and painted the shell gray, drew/painted the lines on there with black paint, and yep, DONE.

Alright, now here is the coolest thing of all – Jedi Knight Training Certificates!! Give these out as party favors or send after the party as thank yous! I promise you, the kids will LOVE THESE! You can have us print them out, or you can get the digital file emailed to you and print them out yourself. Then you just take a cool silver sharpie marker and fill in the names of the kiddos to personalize them. Hello – EASY & CHEAP party favor!!

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD!

There are so many fun things you can do for food for a Lego Star Wars party!

OK, I hope that got your mind reeling with ideas!! Throwing a Lego Star Wars party can be EASY and AFFORDABLE, but still look like a million bucks! For even more inspiration, check out our Lego Star Wars pinterest board!

We just love owls for Valentine’s Day! How fun to throw an owl-themed Valentine’s Day party! We threw together a few ides to get you started… Have your little hostess wear a super adorable Personalized Owl T-Shirt, pair it with a cute tutu skirt and fun leggings! Serve up pink heart shaped sandwich cookies, owl cupcakes, and strawberry milk (what fun!) served in old-fashioned milk bottles with paper straws. For favors, pass out personalized owl Valentine cards along with treat bags filled with candy and topped with a cute personalized sticker!

Another fun party theme is CANDY! And on Valentine’s Day, you definitely can’t go wrong with candy and sweets galore! We’re really liking the red, pink, and orange color way – kinda fun to throw in that orange. Decorate with handmade pompoms, hang from the ceiling in small clusters. Serve up fun sweets like heart-shaped rice krispie treats on a stick and cake balls on a stick (stuff on sticks is easier to eat!) For a fun beverage, make punch with heart shaped ice-cubes! We like to make the ice cubes out of juice or punch. A candy bar is always a hit, and you can give everyone a self-sealing treat bag, personalized with fabulous Valentine’s Day stickers, to fill to the brim!